Rob brings more than 25 years of security, cloud, mobile, and IT leadership experience to Mimecast. As the Senior Vice President of Product & Engineering for Mimecast’s Incydr product, Rob leads strategy, product management, product development, delivery, and oversees teams that develop and launch new products and services.
As the former Chief Technology Officer at Code42 (acquired by Mimecast in July 2024), Rob led the development teams that created the Incydr solution, which took the company from a backup on-premises product to a cybersecurity, cloud-delivered solution at a global scale.
Prior to Code42, Rob worked as Vice President of Research and Development at Ivanti, where he led and shaped the company's evolution from IT management technologies to security-focused solutions, with projects ranging from cloud-delivered analytics to hybrid cloud security. Prior to Ivanti, Rob served as senior director of research and development at VMware, a leader in virtualization and hybrid cloud.
Rob has published several papers on information technology, security and mobility. His passion for the Software Industry, and keeping a pulse on its future, has made him a high-demand speaker throughout the international community. Rob graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in computer science and a concentration in economics. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family.
